Deal World Eyes Kate Spade

AUTHOR(S)

Abrams, Sandra Lea

PUB. DATE

November 2005

SOURCE

Investment Dealers' Digest;11/28/2005, Vol. 71 Issue 45, p13

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on Kate Spade LLC, iconic handbag and luxurious accessories provider, as the newest hit in retail business. Bankers is definitely expecting buyers to bid a good a price. Equity firms vie for a stake in Kate Spade including Warburg Pincus and Texas Pacific Firms, which got the Neiman Marcus.

ACCESSION #

18974166

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